Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Attorney(S) Stephen M. Cleary for Louis H.J. Welch Robert D. Stone for Gordon Ambach, William Goldman for Board of Education of the City School District of the City of Auburn, See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. OPINION In the Matter of WALTER J. COATES, Appellant, v. GORDON M. AMBACH, as Acting Commissioner of Education of the State of New York, et al., Respondents. Order affirmed, with costs, on the opinion by Mr. Justice MICHAEL E. SWEENEY at the Appellate Division ( 52 A.D.2d 261). Concur: Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE.